Laurence Jankelow

Laurence Jankelow is an accomplished entrepreneur and leader with a robust background in real estate technology and finance.

As the founder of Avail, a startup geared towards empowering DIY landlords and their renters, Laurence provided comprehensive online tools for rental property management, such as listing syndication, tenant screening, lease signing, online payments, and maintenance tracking.

Under Laurence's leadership, Avail acquired and engaged with 600,000 landlords and 1,500,000 tenants, achieving a $5,000,000 annual revenue run-rate before being acquired by Realtor.com.

Post-acquisition, Laurence played a crucial role as a co-leader in the Rentals Organization at Realtor.com, focusing on Rentals Strategy, Strategic Planning, and Operational Excellence.

Laurence significantly contributed to scaling the Rentals business, more than doubling total revenue over three years and ensuring 50% year-over-year growth for Avail during the same period.

He successfully merged Avail's product and engineering teams into a unified Realtor.com Rentals team.

Laurence Jankelow's technical expertise stems from self-education and practical experience, initially handling product leadership, engineering, and marketing roles at Avail.

He later transitioned to lead large product, engineering, and marketing teams within Avail, while also serving as a liaison for these functions at Realtor.com.

Committed to fostering data-driven environments, Laurence leverages his technical and analytical skills to support business growth, create motivational company and product visions, predict market changes, and focus on continuous improvement and value creation for customers and consumers.

Laurence Jankelow studied Finance for his Bachelor's degree at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and held various positions including Vice President, Rentals Strategy and Operations at Realtor.com, Co-Founder at Avail, Associate at Goldman Sachs, and Senior Consultant at Protiviti.

He also served as an investor at Throne Labs, KolleXor, and Far Homes.